(CNN) Vaccination alone won't stop the rise of new variants and in fact could push the evolution of strains that evade their protection, researchers warned Friday. "We found that a fast rate of vaccination decreases the probability of emergence of a resistant strain," the team wrote. "This means the vaccine resistant strain spreads through the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated." "There is a chance to remove the vaccine resistant mutations from the population," Rella said. "By preventing spread of vaccine resistant strains, you are preventing evolution of this virus," he added.

Source: CNN July 30, 2021 10:41 UTC